R2P2D18 – 168.5

Weight: 168.5

Good!!  Yay!!  I didn’t mess up too badly!  Woo Hoo!  That’s a pound down from yesterday!  I was worried that eating cereal two days ago was going to derail the rest of the round.  Even yesterday I didn’t exactly follow protocol.

I was really  hungry by the time I ate lunch.  I had:

• 3 ounces of shrimp with garlic and cooked it using some coconut oil (off protocol)
• a WASA cracker with about a tablespoon of chunky peanut butter (also off protocol)
• a huge Romaine salad
• most of a home grown tomato

I figured I’d have the rest  of the tomato and leftover Romaine for a mid-afternoon snack if I needed it.  I never did get hungry in the afternoon.

For dinner I had:

• leftover salad with tomato, added more Romaine
• 6 ounces of Tilapia
• plain WASA cracker.

While the fish is on protocol, the amount should be 3 ounces.  The filet got thawed before cutting it to a smaller portion, and I didn’t want to waste it, so I ate it.  Isn’t that one of the ways we usually get into this mess in the first place?

Because I knew I was over on calories, by quite a bit, actually, I didn’t have the second fruit.  My carb and fat count was pretty low, though, so I was hoping that would work in my favor.

I also wanted to make sure to get enough fluids, thinking I would counterbalance the carbs from cereal; while I did have my two bottles of water, I had several glasses of herbal iced tea.  I strive for counting water only, so I didn’t think I’d gotten enough.

I can really see a difference in the mirror, too.  And I’m finding that I don’t mind looking at myself, even finding a pleasing aesthetic in my female form.

What new possibilities exist?